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Mom Fakes Son's Cancer & Uses Charity Money to Go to Disneyland?!

Sandy NguyenSadly, it's a story we've heard before: A mom fakes her son's cancer to receive donations.
It's disgusting and, particularly if you've lost someone you love to
cancer, wildly offensive. But here we are again, learning that Colorado
mom Sandy Nguyen allegedly convinced her family and friends that her 6-year-old son was dying of bone cancer
and subsequently accepted more than $25,000 in public donations for his
"disease." Nguyen thankfully was arrested on felony charges of theft
and criminal impersonation.

But you'll never guess what this woman wound up actually doing with the money she received.

She went to Disneyland!
Yep, the 28-year-old mom had the audacity and lack of scruples to take
her family on a trip to California to the happiest place on Earth, as if
she'd paid for the trip with her hard-earned money. And the scary thing
is, this is sort of a strange new phenomenon. A few years ago, a mother
in the UK shaved her son's head and eyebrows in order to convince people he was ill so she could receive cash. Just last year, 31-year-old Emily Creno allegedly told her4-year-old son he was going to die
and subjected the poor thing to a barrage of unnecessary medical tests
to keep up the hoax. And this past September, a mother of seven,
Stephanie Weddle, was accused of receiving $2,000 in donations after telling people her child was dying.

We've all heard of Munchausen by proxy, but it's
really hard to wrap one's head around how someone could lie to others,
and their own children, about something so serious. To say it's
frightening and disgusting is an understatement. If convicted, hopefully
Nguyen will pay for what she did. And hopefully her children will be
put in the care of someone who's loving and responsible. Because
convincing a 6-year-old that they're going to die is the most terrifying
thing of all.

WHen I think about all the wonderful women who cannot have children and would be wonderful, loveing,caring,honest Mothers, THIS woman makes me so angry I don't know if I could restrain myself if standing in front of her. I would want to slap her into tomorrow or something to let her know how I feel about her. And how I feel about the other mothers who have done similar horrible things makes me just as angry. They're pure evil and don't deserve their children. Anyone who feels any sympathy for them or tries to excuse them is just as sick.

It's horrible that anyone would do such things. People need to be careful when donating anything but especially money. It used to be that people would donate through the March of Dimes, etc but with the internet and such things as Facebook, it's far easier for people to receive donations for medical bills, etc. directly which is really great for those that really do need help but it also makes it far easier for scammers to take advantage of the caring and good intentions of others.

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